And he stayed in Washington, pushing his family-leave bill.

Congress gave President Clinton his first legislative victory tonight, passing the family-leave bill to guarantee workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for medical emergencies.

Some critics of the family-leave bill have insisted it would hurt small business.

The proposed Republican amendment, killed on a 62-to-37 vote, to the family-leave bill would have required the military to continue questioning recruits on sexual orientation.

The new President now desperately needs a victory, as quickly as possible, on more of a test than the family-leave bill he signed today.

But they made a strategic decision not to filibuster the highly popular family-leave bill in February.

Bush vetoed the family-leave bill, which would have guaranteed workers unpaid time off for births, adoptions or medical emergencies of family members.

Challenging President Bush on a major campaign issue, the Senate voted 68 to 31 today to override his veto of the family-leave bill.

D24 The House sustained the President's veto of the family-leave bill.

"I do not believe it would cause an economic drain, especially since small business is exempt," she said in explaining her support of the family-leave bill.